Plastic Poetry 014
Treasure Island Elementary
In May 2024, Free Plastic and O, Miami installed their 16th poem in a series of public art works entitled Plastic Poetry.
Plastic Poetry is a series of community activations that blends recycling plastics, plastic pollution, beach cleanups, public art, and poetry. The text was written by students from Ms. Romeo, Mr. Alblinger, and Ms. Pelaez-Glikman first grade classes from Treasure Island Elementary commissioned by O, Miami.
The five-inch letters are rendered in 4.14 lbs of recycled post-consumer plastic and plastic pollution harvested from various beach cleanups held throughout Miami-Dade County in 2023.
Treasure Island Elementary’s Plastic Poetry Statistics
O, MIAMI’S STEAM PROGRAM: 2023-24
Participants: 70
Plastic Recycled: 4.14 lbs
UNTITLED
BY MS. ROMEO, MR. ALBLINGER,
AND MS. PELAEZ-GLIKMAN FIRST GRADE CLASSES
WILDFLOWERS
I FOUND THEM OUTSIDE
PINK, VIOLET, YELLOW, GREEN
Plastic Poetry is a project of O, Miami and Free Plastic in partnership with Treasure Island Elementary and is made possible with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The Children’s Trust; The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation | Crearte; The Miami Foundation; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at O, Miami.
